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~ ea, yot he had often to surfer ti‘: i ﬁnally for their abusive It: ‘ unwarranted attaeli“ °" 11° maracter and actions ct thoslot t; ~ lsaailed- Speaking, for ni-yﬂ! y.“ JEVBI‘ charged ltir. Laird with t1 _ authorship of the violent .artic i: l 1m at that period annealed "t" paper. The milder articles l alvi ay" ittributed to Mr. Laird. illt? 9°" ' ional ones to Mr. Currie and the . vitriolic ones to Mr. ltielly. . Of Mr. Laird l always held a 1151i opinion. Personally. l liked he man. Politically I did not. H8 was a man of hlsh cllﬂmcter- 3"’? Independence _ B1111“ _ Temamlb e cleverness. Aithﬂtllil he used w ' handle me pretty roughly '1'- Q9135» INCREASES TARIFF ON WHEAT yet 1 always reﬂvi-‘cied 11"“; ‘mils ug that he was honest n B F‘. aident Colildos. of the United ytterances and sincere in hsi con- Statea, who has signed a proplama- viotions. More than once in the tion raising the tariff against Csna- midst of our warfare l come to his dian wheat going into the United rescue. While l was Willi!!! l" States, to 42 cents abushel‘. It lo m1“ Mr, Laird as heavy blow; a! an effort. to keep out Qanadiln | mum, l- didn't want anyone also wheat, and _ra1ae_ the dsmvrtib prise i0 do it. im the lssus-orTlie Arum in the United Stated. it lnaie mt ,1», Nov. .29. mo, the iunowivs. no matter what the tariff dgainli aleoppsared: "We disapprove Canadian. Mint, milieu in that 9g tha savage attacks made upon country must-have it for bunding our nolghbonidr. Lalrdyby n writ- and milling purpoaea- ey- h; u" "' ' ’ " Notw‘ ‘ ‘-

ing some little difference of opin- TheSnrgeonPs

lon- that exists btleltgeeln Maggot: and 01118611011 D0 ¢I m" Hands Strong d pa“ mm as right man, an We res But . Gentle m...’ em;- tbe fate of a child is concerned. For some years The Arzlls W88 lf her child be threatened s mother published in a building adjoillill!

a Galplnq Wild-Eyed Woman the Patriot. During that time the"? was an incessant political fish!“

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her lit-tie Ioot. this beautiful little log that occur to my mind have loot. is aihorrcr beyond wordsmhil been exhibited by mothers when than look at the child, how sweet may b66011"! 8. tiﬂeﬂi- and wonderful ribs is! What wick- “i remember one such instance. gdpess!" l was quietly interviewing s pati- "it was a marvellous display of ent in my consulting room when one of the primitive emotions of i116 <100r Illddenly flew open and mankind. a picture in hllmallliliab. there burst in-as if blown in by n or a tlgress defending her cub. By gust of wind —— a gasping woman a happy good fortune. after many with a little girl tucked under her months and after not a few minor arm like a puppy. Without a word ppm-mans. the foot gnb well‘ so of introduction she exclaimed in a mm. the glare in the eyes of the hoarse whisper. ' ‘ tlgress died away and she remem-

"He wants to take her foot oil" hefed again that she was a pretty

"This sudden, unexplained lady woman."

W38 a total stranger to me. She had no appointment. 1 knew not- hing of her. Sheunight have drop- ped from the clouds. However. the elements of violence. confusion". and lterror that she introduced intci ‘ my placid room were so explosive and disturbing that ~l ‘begged ‘my patient to excuse me and conduc» tel. or rather impelled. the dis- traught lady into another room.

"incidentally, I may remark that she was youn-g and very prottyi, but she was evidently quite cbli vious of hcr looks, her complexion. her dress. or her many attractions. l had before noticed that when a good-looking woman is unconscious of being good-looking there is a crisis in program.

"The story, which was told me in gasps and at. white heat. was as ii-Iloivs. The child urns a little girl of about three, almost ne iaretty“ nu llcr mother. Sim was the only child, and had developed tu'b- ert-ulous (iisesse in one foot. Thu mother hail taken ihc little thing to :1 young surgeon who appears to have let fall‘ some rsull remark as i0 taking the foot off. .‘1‘ilis was enough for the mother. Shewould ' not ll-sten to another syllable.» She u-lium l cnme in knmv-laier as one oi ihc sweetest and» gentlest "of wrr mcn. changed at the moment to a wild anlmaP-a tlgress.

A Bookie». Bhoeieu Child

“Without a word she snatched up the baby and bolted from the house, leaving the child's sock and 512323 LZZ..°Z'I5E§".'.'.§’SZEJLZ°Z -== ﬂew"- w-"w Wed?“ possible person to consult, ‘and hail dashed off to my ‘house, carrying

know him to be an honest and uil- '

lack Pickford and his popular wife. the former

between both papers, and never-an angry word between .the proprie- tors. Indeed, Io borrow l iron each other and bought o, each other. and never llid a work _ of disagreemenpht one time we pur- chased a» power press together. and for over a yearit turned off both The Patriot and The Argus. After a time 1 Mid-JD)? interest in it to Mr. Laird andbitrchased s. new one forhmypolf. ‘This would not have ‘WEI! done but for the reason that The Argus moved into a more comniodiou; building.

l. remember an ,‘ ode that occurredwhsn we were printing our papers on the same press and in adjoining buildings. It has al- ways tarnished a subject for ilaughtor when we referred to it afterward. it was this: l was pre- senting therssders of The Argus with a series of political-portraits —that is, l was‘ showing up the peculiarities and characteristics of the members of the House of Assembly. ln touching up Mr. Lairdhwho was then a member. i ‘said that some people accused Mr.’ Laird nfnot being ever particular in ths-obssrysnoe or the - Seventh (he Ninth commandment. ffhe yumfh‘ i‘ _ ‘ refers to the habit of‘ bearing raise witness against thy neighbor. But the paper went to press in that way. Mr. Laird,’ luckily, happened t0 be In tlis press» room at the time. and planing uirThs Argus been to read hi; "Dilflfllil"

"Why." he zhouted. "what 18 this he has said about me? He accuses ms of having Hoist-ed llw Seventh Commandment!"

Then he rushed in to where i w” ands-cared out. _ "What do you mean by sayills, thst l violate the Seventh Com- mimdmentl"

lt was only that-ho was excited and indignant and l. rspllﬂd. M1‘- Laird. they do eaythat yW 3401M" times bear false. witness against your political. opponents.’

"Well," he said. with a roar the‘. came pretty nearly: 551N118 “w” the plastering. “what ha; that sot to do with it. You insinuate that l. have been o urged with adultery." The though flashed to my mind

tile "once over‘

balcony. during their recent visit to the poptiibr flab“

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Oomrninilhient: l" should have said"

Marilyn Miller. pm.‘

manila a mis- c~m 1n ~

. , _ 1 to- - - and then added. WEIreIIighthL" ‘He ‘being, ll I tboulht. and authority‘ on» the suhjootvtl at once substituted the "Eighth" for the "Seventh."

But not more than one hundred copies were struck off than l heard Mr. heard’ coming again like a. pile of brick from a steep roof. "Why." he said in thunde tones, "You've got that yvmng again; I've turned the Command- ments up. and l find you should have said the "Ninth." The Eighth Commandment refers to stealing. You might as well say l am a thief outright. it's too bad." "Bless you, Mr. beard. it's not my fault this time; it's your own. As an elder you should have known better."

"So ought you in the first place." shouted the irate editor. "Change it again-change it quick; there's no time to be lost."

So l ran in again, stopped the press and had it changed to the "Ninth." but not bofona a hundre’ copies orso were runoff.

When i returned I found lllr‘. Laird sitting down in a deep

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loo war the terms that be had .- i > w? ,_ In as a condition oi out ring the Canadian . ... Th9 people we“

Dsviestbat merchant ' "Whatvhas a horse igniiff...“ gvttilllgdzlrzsgo. yelled some (e110,, u "Burrow." repeated m. "flit I 80in! t0 trzuiu n "What has s horse 0t l0 -- ths question?" ohouliid down-iii}: again. "Well, than," roared Iilr. mini in a voice loud enough to truck ihg firmament. “We will any an ass as you will be better able to sci‘ the point." This sarcasm evokcil zlic i0iliif.\‘ll roars of laughter even from i)... speaksFsLenemics and the fellow seemed t have crawled inm y hole. and then plugged up "h. entrance. On 889i"- liltll. 1871. n izi-nilvmah PQIDBG “my, who was not only intimately oonneoied with ille pres: but who actually formed part oi

Laird, horse

study. looking up, he said .ln the most mournfoi tone. "liq/as a mli~

and thought the matter over, i ﬁled, to lagtgh to‘ think how that edition we forth, some of the PIP"! inainuatlus that the good nian was an adulterer, sonie that he‘ was a. thief and some that he was it bearer of false witness against his neighbor! ‘ if Mr. Lsirdhad been s viuqlig. (lye man. he might have taken one of the first papers that came off N18 Dress, and had me arrested for libel. But he know how it 3]] @1119 li-witt. and he atterwurd- laughed over it as heartily as a man conld.

Mr. ‘Laird was not as good n Writer in my any as he was a llwllter. His style was neither. polished nor ﬂuent, but it was versatile. mugli ondstrong. ‘But l‘ always resardeahim drone" of the wlttiest and most convincing speakers of the day. His voice was unmusicul, his ' manner‘ awkward. his language frequently uncouth,_but there was a natural- ness about his style. an originally" 1151119 ttwushts. a keenness in his thrusts. a force in his logic and a scorn in his laugh that gave to his ‘sledge-hammer speeches a power that for the time being seemed to overwhelm his adversaries. He had few equals in reportee and his strong Scotch accent. ready wit and, comical humor rendered him particularly forcible on the political platform.

l remember one occasion when political feeling ran high that he seemed to be at his best. it was

aoulous escape." when l"~'go't aloha ‘l

the ‘young men-and maidens by

Illlﬂlllilll Gtllldillg iwielded l powerful influence with

thelllandh history. In his day, no l ‘Ill better known and it ivas that he knew more peoplg than any man on the lSilllliIi. For $5.9? Qllijdhn Arbucklc was sllliﬁfl flllﬂ§lll 0f Schools. and fronutrcvellxlng round the country become acduainted with nearly every family in it. lie could call all the old men and u-omi-n, all

their given names. llc could tell to whom thev all were married, how many children they had ivhrn Ind where e7 were christened, Willi part OI the "Old country" they came from, what year they arrived 0n the island. the color oi their hair, their nickuauics. ‘ _ and other characteristics. At one time he

the country voters and no man mt safe in running an election without first trying to lIUCiIN his ' 511919011. Buthif-advocnci- of (‘on- ledefltibh khlP-tliooe intimacy with C0]. Gray and other prominent coufederates greatly wcnkcilcil his hold’ upon the people. .\ir. Arbuckla WI; a very social lllllil. .| great story-teller with an ililllllfiilllr 0e of Scottish, 'unior and con- sidorablo orato cal ability. lie soon became 1 regular vieiuu- to The Argus office. and ir..l<li~ ii his business to keep iili‘ i-iiizor acquainted with the inner \vi>1'kii1i‘.$ of tho political llliitfilini-s. iu- was an industrious gathori-i- lli local news and family gossip, ililli he retnilod what he hnd guild-r w! with u, zeal that was Cﬂiliilliﬁlliiililii‘. In earlier years he and ilouulil (‘urrle were inst friends. and really iliey

Nomination Day. and the hlistings was erected on Market Square. The greni question under Jiscilss-

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the child through the streets wiéli its bare mot and leg dangling in thsalr. '

“On being admitted she asked which was my room. ltwlpi painl- ed out to her. and without more ado dire flunl ‘herself in u jhpye

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